O Lord our God, who dost call whom thou willest and send them whither thou choosest: We thank thee for sending thy servant Willibrord to be an apostle to the Low Countries, to turn them from the worship of idols to serve thee, the living God; and we entreat thee to preserve us from the temptation to exchange the perfect freedom of thy service for servitude to false gods and to idols of our own devising; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Nov 7: Feast of Willibrord (658-739), archbishop of Utrecht. Northumbrian who studied at Hrypis (Ripon) and at Rath Melsigi, Ireland. An evangelist in the Netherlands, he was appointed archbishop of the Frisians in 695. He founded a monastery at Echternach, Luxembourg. 📸Rp pic.twitter.com/2lzEyz9whh
— North Ages (@NorthAges) November 7, 2024